Labor of Love by Andrew Peterson
Key: DD | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

Intro: D Dsus D
 
 Verse:
 It was not a silent(G5)night
 There was blood on the ground(D Dsus D)
 You could hear a woman (G5)cry 
 in the alleyway that (A)night 
 on the streets of David's town(D Dsus D)
 
 And the stable was not (Bm) clean, 
 and the cobblestones were (F#m) cold. 
 And little Mary full of (G5) grace 
 with the tears upon her (A) face 
 had no mother's hand to hold (D Dsus D)
 
 Chorus:
 It was a labor of (G5) pain, 
 it was cold sky a (Bm) bove. 
 But for the girl on the ground in the (G5) dark 
 Every beat of her beautiful (A) heart 
 was A labor of Love (D Dsus D)
 
 Verse:
 Noble Joseph at her(G5)side
 Callused hands and weary eyes(D Dsus D)
 There were no midwives to be(G5)found
 In the streets of David's(A)town
 In the middle of the night(D Dsus D)
 
 So he held her and he(Bm)prayed
 Shafts of moonlight on his(F#m)face
 But the baby in her womb(G5)
 He was the maker of the moon(A)
 He was the Author of the faith(D)
 That could(Dsus)make the mountains move(A Asus A let ring out) 
 
 Instrumental:
 G   (mess around with hammer-ons and what not for 2 measures)
 D   (Again 2 measures)
 G   (one Measure)
 A   (one measure)
 Bm  (one measure)
 F#m (Leads into...)
 
 Chorus:
 It was a labor of (G5) pain, 
 it was cold sky a (Bm) bove. 
 But for the girl on the ground in the (G5) dark 
 Every beat of her beautiful (A) heart 
 was a labor of Love (Bm)
 For little Mary full of grace (G)
 With the tears upon her face (A)
 It was a labor of love (D Let ring out)
 
 G D 
 It was not a silent(G5)night
 (A)...In the Streets of David's Town(D Dsus D)
 G A D